An open electronic marketplace through agent-based workflows: MOPPET

We propose an electronic marketplace architecture, called MOPPET, where the commerce processes in the marketplace are modeled as adaptable agent-based workflows. The higher level of ion provided by the workflow technology makes the customization of electronic commerce processes for different users possible. Agent-based implementation, on the other hand, provides for a highly reusable component-based workflow architecture as well as negotiation ability and the capability to adapt to dynamic changes in the environment. Agent communication is handled through Knowledge Query and Manipulation Language (KQML). A workflow-based architecture also makes it possible for complete modeling of electronic commerce processes by allowing involved parties to be able to invoke already existing applications or to define new tasks and to restructure the control and data flow among the tasks to create custom built process definitions. In the proposed architecture all data exchanges are realized through Ex...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2000
• Where: JODL
• Authors: Sena Nural Arpinar, Asuman Dogac, Nesime Tatbul
• Keywords: Adaptable Agent-based Workflows, Architecture, Electronic Commerce, JODL 2000